I love these, thanks for sharing, I only moved to the area in the last ten years so this is fascinating
Fuel.prices 37p per gallon
Edit: 37p per litre, 1.69 a gallon (damned weird non-metric units and dual pricing)
A lot of these look the same as when I lived there in the early 2000s. Aber had changed a lot in the last 10-15 years tho
I was there 8n April. Apart from modern cars on the roads, I see not much has changed.
Proper shithole.
Charlie’s when it was actually cheap, Lipton’s as one of only two supermarkets (if you could call it that) in town – I can’t remember if the other one at the time (up to about 1986) was another Lipton’s or a Lo-Cost (which also came to town sometime in the 80s, as did Kwiks), and the greengrocer in Chalybeate Street which only recently closed and was a sad loss – often sold seasonal fresh veg you couldn’t get anywhere else.
The Kwiks on the photo here is after they moved from what is now Sports Direct, I guess around 1990. Safeways opened in the late 90s, along will the other units at Parc Y Llyn.
I don’t remember Siop Y Pethe being under the arts centre though. I only ever remember it being owned and run by Gwilym and Megan Tudur, and I remember them there in the mid 80s.
Wow! Love these, love Aber ❤️
Is Safeway now Morrisons?
Thank you for posting these. Was there in 1991/92 and these bring back great memories.
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I love these, thanks for sharing, I only moved to the area in the last ten years so this is fascinating
Fuel.prices 37p per gallon
Edit: 37p per litre, 1.69 a gallon (damned weird non-metric units and dual pricing)
A lot of these look the same as when I lived there in the early 2000s. Aber had changed a lot in the last 10-15 years tho
I was there 8n April. Apart from modern cars on the roads, I see not much has changed.
Proper shithole.
Charlie’s when it was actually cheap, Lipton’s as one of only two supermarkets (if you could call it that) in town – I can’t remember if the other one at the time (up to about 1986) was another Lipton’s or a Lo-Cost (which also came to town sometime in the 80s, as did Kwiks), and the greengrocer in Chalybeate Street which only recently closed and was a sad loss – often sold seasonal fresh veg you couldn’t get anywhere else.
The Kwiks on the photo here is after they moved from what is now Sports Direct, I guess around 1990. Safeways opened in the late 90s, along will the other units at Parc Y Llyn.
I don’t remember Siop Y Pethe being under the arts centre though. I only ever remember it being owned and run by Gwilym and Megan Tudur, and I remember them there in the mid 80s.
Wow! Love these, love Aber ❤️
Is Safeway now Morrisons?
Thank you for posting these. Was there in 1991/92 and these bring back great memories.